Globalization, binational communities, and imported food risks: Results of an outbreak investigation of lead poisoning in Monterey County, California (American Journal of Public Health (2007) 97, (900-906) DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.074138);Globalization, binational communities, and imported food risks: Results of an outbreak investigation of lead poisoning in Monterey County, California

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 900-906

  Handley, Margaret A ^a,f   Hall, Celeste ^a,b   Sanford, Eric ^b,c   Diaz, Evie ^a,b   Gonzalez Mendez, Enrique ^c,d   Drace, Kaitie ^a   Wilson, Robert ^a   Villalobos, Mario ^e   Croughan, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Monterey County Health Department   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Southwest Community Health Clinic in Sonoma County   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^f SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; ADULT; ANIMAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; EPIDEMIC; GRASSHOPPER; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEXICO; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMERCE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GRASSHOPPERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEAD POISONING; MEXICO; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34247252470     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.074138e     Document Type: Erratum

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